At the start of this book I couldn’t tell exactly where it was going, and I wasn’t sure I was going to like it (based purely on another book’s similar premise where I ended up hating that story entirely).
However, THIS book drew me in pretty quickly. The twists and complexity of this story were thoughtfully well-crafted. I wasn’t sure how the elements of “neo-Nazis, top-level federal government, and the strange world of the occult” were going to work together, but the result was a suspenseful, somehow realistic, creepy horror tale. And I appreciated that, though the events were horrific, the “horror” element was never gratuitous just for the sake of being shocking.
Catherine is a great main character, certainly not perfect but easy to relate to as we see things through her eyes. I really liked how the plot progressed as she journeys deeper and deeper into what’s going on in Elena. When we meet the federal agent, I wasn’t sure how everything there would fit, and this could maybe have used a little fleshing out. I DID like how he got in over his head, and I was not expecting what happened once paths converged. As for Carmen, I liked how the author slowly introduced him as the source of all the trouble. The author did a great job of making him not just a dark, evil bad guy but instead a man with thoughts and motives that made sense to him.
That said, the back flash for Carmen felt really, really long. It was hard to focus on all this backstory because I wanted to get back to the main story’s timeline. I liked the idea of what the author was doing, but it probably could’ve been shorter and still gotten the point across.
In all, I’d recommend this book if you’re looking to read an occult-based horror story with unexpected elements. The uniqueness kept me turning the pages, and the author’s writing drew me in, from dialogue to action scenes and everything in between.
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Sunshine Somerville 
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